On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 08:20:10AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote: > root@debian8-6:/home/richard# # purge device > root@debian8-6:/home/richard# dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb bs=4M
> root@debian8-6:/home/richard# # force UID/GID to 'richard', label device, > accept standard defaults > root@debian8-6:/home/richard# mkfs.ext4 root_owner=1000:1000 -L > 2018Sept23tst1 /dev/sdb1 > mke2fs 1.42.12 (29-Aug-2014) > mkfs.ext4: invalid blocks '/dev/sdb1' on device 'root_owner=1000:1000' > root@debian8-6:/home/richard# # is all ok > root@debian8-6:/home/richard# e2fsck -fy /dev/sdb1 > e2fsck 1.42.12 (29-Aug-2014) > e2fsck: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/sdb1 > Possibly non-existent device? > root@debian8-6:/home/richard# # create partition table with Gparted > root@debian8-6:/home/richard# mkfs.ext4 root_owner=1000:1000 -L > 2018Sept23tst1 /dev/sdb1 > mke2fs 1.42.12 (29-Aug-2014) > mkfs.ext4: invalid blocks '/dev/sdb1' on device 'root_owner=1000:1000' > root@debian8-6:/home/richard# e2fsck -fy /dev/sdb1 > e2fsck 1.42.12 (29-Aug-2014) > e2fsck: No such file or directory while trying to open /dev/sdb1 > Possibly non-existent device? You have overwritten the whole sdb device with zeros, including the partition table. You'll have to recreate your partitions before you can create filesystems on them. Cheers, Tom -- BOFH excuse #431: Borg implants are failing
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